Take to the Skies
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| Studio album by Enter Shikari | ||||
| Released | 19 March 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–07 | |||
| Studio | The Outhouse (Reading, England) |
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| Length | 52:43 | |||
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Ambush Reality (UK) PIAS (Europe) Tiny Evil (United States) Hostess Entertainment (Japan) |
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| Producer | John Mitchell | |||
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CD with DVD release cover (UK)
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US Cover
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| Singles from Take to the Skies | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk |    |
| Allmusic |   |
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| Drowned in Sound | |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | (8/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10.0) |
| Spin Magazine | |
Take to the Skies is the début studio album by British rock band Enter Shikari. On March 25, 2007, it reached #4 in the Official UK Album Chart selling 28,000 copies in its first week. It has been released as a standard CD, a limited CD + DVD edition and a double LP version (2 x 180grm 12" vinyl) with an embossed gate fold sleeve.
The 12" vinyl edition was limited to 1000 copies and also contained the standard CD. The album reached worldwide sales of 200,000 copies and was certified Gold in the UK, after selling over 100,000 copies. It is also the first album to achieve a significant chart success for a new act operating outside the traditional label system.
On July 18, 2013, the band announced a repressing of the vinyl on a new colourway (green and beige), limited to just 500 copies, coming with a signed artwork print, for official release on August 5. The pressing was down to fans paying high prices on auction sites for original copies, and it sold out within a few hours of going on sale.
The album contains many songs that were featured on demos, singles and EPs released in the years prior to their debut. "Sorry You're Not A Winner" was first on the band's second EP Sorry You're Not A Winner EP in 2003. It was later re-recorded in 2006 along with "OK, Time For Plan B" (which was a previously released demo in 2005) for the band's second single Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B. "Jonny Sniper" and "Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour..." were both on the band's third EP Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour (EP) in 2004; they were completely re-recorded for the album. A demo version of "Mothership" was previously released for the band's first single in 2006. Also "Enter Shikari", "Labyrinth", and "Return To Energiser" were released as demos from 2005-06. After the release of the album in Europe, the band spent a long period of time finding a distributor, which they would need to release the album in North America. Finally they signed to Tiny Evil Records and the album was released on October 30.
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